PinnedKarl BurkartinoneearthIt’s time for companies to consider an ‘Internal Price on Nature’The concept of ‘internal carbon pricing’ galvanized corporate action on climate change. Could ‘internal nature pricing’ do the same for…May 178May 178
PinnedKarl BurkartinoneearthA brief history of bioregions and bioregionalism in scholarly literatureYou’ve probably noticed that the word “bioregion” has been cropping up in conversations lately. I was recently at an investing conference…Aug 25Aug 25
PinnedKarl BurkartinoneearthIt’s time for wealthy countries to open the climate finance spigotWorld leaders, economists and bankers wrapped up a major meeting in Paris with the goal of designing a new global financial system built…Jun 26, 202311Jun 26, 202311
Karl BurkartinoneearthCould a wealth tax on the top 0.1% help solve the climate crisis?The wealthiest ‘Top 10%’ of the world’s population are responsible for nearly half of all greenhouse gas emissions, according to the…Oct 9, 202319Oct 9, 202319
Karl BurkartinoneearthClimate finance gets personal: people are realizing that their banking decisions could make or…In the six years following the adoption of the Paris Climate Agreement, the world’s 60 largest banks have provided a staggering $4.6…Dec 23, 20221Dec 23, 20221
Karl Burkartinoneearth6 reasons why we can be (cautiously) optimistic about solving the climate crisisI’ve been spending a lot of time pushing back on what appears to be a pervasive culture of doom fueled by an abundance of misinformed…Nov 21, 202216Nov 21, 202216
Karl BurkartinoneearthDon’t fall for the climate clickbait. The 1.5°C target is achievable and necessary.The 27th UN Climate Conference (COP27) has begun, and so has the barrage of sloppy, apocalyptic headlines by major mainstream media…Nov 8, 202212Nov 8, 202212
Karl BurkartinoneearthOk, Doomer: What Vaclav Smil and the disinformation echo chamber get wrong about the climate crisisAfter reading the fawning coverage of Vaclav Smil’s 41st, and hopefully final, book How the World Really Works (2022) — the latest edition…Oct 25, 202236Oct 25, 202236
Karl BurkartinoneearthBeyond offsetting (part 2): Why we need carbon philanthropy, not carbon offsets, to solve the…In part 1 of “Beyond Offsetting” I delved into the problems around corporate net zero claims and their reliance upon cheap carbon offsets…May 3, 2022May 3, 2022
Karl BurkartinoneearthBeyond offsetting (part 1): Why we need carbon philanthropy, not carbon offsets, to solve the…Based on the new IPCC report, “Mitigation of Climate Change” (WG3), it is clear that two things must happen if we are to have a chance of…May 3, 20222May 3, 20222
